>> right. >> there's bill graham auditorium on my left. >> right, right. yeah. so as -- >> and i guess there is a sort of parking lot attached to the bank on the other sigh. >> right. there's a weirdly shaped parcel. >> a gathering place for the lost souls and i see stuff there you don't want to see. >> right. that is a great point and the plan is looking hollistickly at the public spaces. so a plan for larkin street, which is still under modeling and working through details with the m.t.a. is for expansion of the roadway edge to provide more pedestrian space and more amenity for pedestrians and activation. i think you are referencing kind of the weird shaped parking lot next to the bank and some of those empty spaces that don't feel so great. one of the proposals there is to take the flagpoles that are currently within civic center plaza and kind of reposition them in those empty spaces as a flagpole grove. and have that amenity at that space. so, while all of this is at the conceptial level, that's kind of the vision for theirs to offer additional programming

bill graham opens the punchline in 1978. many famous comedians have appeared there over the years.chline says they will be closing in august because of a dispute over the clubs lease. the owners are going to find a new location to entertain bay area comedy fans. >>> the governor is expanding paid family from 6 to 8 weeks. he appeared with his wife and members of the legislative women's caucus to announce that plan. he will make it official when he rolls out his budget blueprint.>> you want to reduce the cost of government, if you want to increase the trajectory in terms of opportunity of a young child's life, then you have to begin at the beginning. >> the former governor vetoed those bills saying those taxes bring in about $55 million per year. >>> stores in san francisco will soon be required to accept cash for merchandise. the board of supervisors approved a new law today to ban so-called cashless stores. >> reporter: the sign on the door is clear, no cash. a similar sign on the counter of bluestone lane, a coffee and sandwich place on market street but many people say they don'

bill. graham's proposal would require asylum applicants from central america to apply for asylum in their respective countries. the bill would also allow for unaccompanied children from those countries to be deported from the u.s. >> no matter how high the wall will be built, no matter how many drones you have, no matter how many agents you put at the border, they'll keep coming because they want to get caught. >> reporter: as for president trump's plan, one administration official said, quote, we want to show the country that republicans are not against immigrants, but the plan faces an uphill battle with approval in congress unlikely. >>> the state department is defending its decision to evacuate all non-essential embassy employees from iraq in response to a threat that's been linked to neighboring iran. u.s. officials say they are not rushing into a conflict insisting it would be an act of negligence if they failed to take precautions. congressional leaders will be briefed about the iranian threat today after lawmakers in both parties demanded more information. >> reporter: this ordered departure

will host another quick safety fair which is always a big event , at the bill graham civic authorityrom 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 a.m. registrations for the free workshops are at the website. i'm looking forward to seeing everybody there and hopefully it will be successful like the director. thank you to dan lowry who received a letter of appreciation for assisting the customer with the permit process which led them to getting the job card in a timely manner. the customer went on to say that they were grateful and we intend not to disappoint them. well done down there. finally a little bit of recognition of praise. i also want to alert you all to the may 21st to link wind properties hearing at the board of supervisors. the board board will vote on these finalists. staff began with about 700 properties, believe it or not without extending costs. as of today, the outstanding work that they let down to 300 owners have already been into pay and achieve their compliance well done there. that is tough. i would also like to commend our communications team for the distribution of the commercial

bill graham opened the punchline in san francisco in 1978. lots of famous comedians have appeared there over the years including robin williams, ellen degeneres, chris rock, the punchline says it will be closing in august due to a dispute over the clubs lease. the owners are vowing to find a new location to entertain comedy fans. >>> child tax credits and expanded parental leave, the so- called parents agenda that the governor is pushing along with his warmer still tomorrow. a cool down towards the weekend. man, that's a cool looking hot tub. we should check on the baby. he's so sweet. maybe too sweet? internet's down. go! your home is only as smart as your internet. get reliable at&t fiber and get speeds up to 300 megabits per second and directv. bundle for 75 dollars a month for 12 months. limited availability. may not be in your area. more for your thing. that's our thing. call 1-800-call-att. >>> a special counsel to honor a 21-year-old promising jazz musician. he was the son of an oakland city councilwoman shot and killed two months ago.

it's everyone from the asian art museum to the library to shn and the bill graham civic and they've all been key partners in our work to revitalize and improve the civic center common's area and we've had long-standing relationships through that. >> i would just underscore that in every one of those instances, save one, they are public properties -- this is akin to redevelopment. we are shifting general fund monies from the general fund and dedicating them to a cbd, right? which i get and i support and what we've seen has been wonderful and marvelous but there is one that is a private property owner. >> there's at least one and the folks that bought the tenuin plaza. >> anything you want to add, sir? >> just that from the beginning, there's been total cooperation between the renewal of the tenderloin cbd and the renewal of the civic center cbd and your question about going further down market, we're renewing the tertenderloin budget and renewig the budget there and allows us to have more forces to do the work on market to offset that. >> supervisor hainey and then safaye. >> just what i

bill? >> reporter: you said it. senator graham said the primary goal of this is stopping the flow of migrants from coming into america. he said there are issues happening at the u.s./mexico border that cannot be fixed with a wall alone. >> no amount of money is going to stop people from coming. no matter how high the wall will be built, no matter how many drones you have, no matter how many agents you put at the border, they'll keep coming, thus they want to get caught. word is out on the street in the northern triangle countries that if your child can get here by themselves, then the chance of them staying in america is almost 100%. we're innocecentivizing a horri journey. >> reporter: here's what the legislation would do. require asylum applications from residents of the northern triangle to be filed at processing centers out side of the u.s., centers that he says will be set up in the northern triangle or mexico. two, modify u.s. law to allow families to be held together for 100 day. right now the maximum is 20 days. three, add

>> that may have been true until the house leadership immigration bill both passed and would be signed by donald trump. lindsey grahamgislation. get his friend donald trump to sign those two bills which passed in a bipartisan way. xochitl hinojsa made that very point who was on with you earlier. >> sandra: let's hear from her. the dnc making their case on immigration. >> i think that what we both can agree on. republicans and democrats, is our current system is not working. now we need to make sure we are providing a pathway to citizenship. i don't want a child detained even longer than they have been detained or separated from their families. i think democrats are willing to come to the table. as long as there is comprehensive immigration reform involved. >> why not come to the table right now on an asylum bill that everyone agrees needs to be fixed? this is an easy slam dunk thing if democrats are willing to stop talking about 2018 and talk about this. it is coming this week. that's what we're talking about here. >> we'll see the details. everything that she mentioned in that interview and everything donald trump w

lindsey graham has a separate bill. expedite the process living those with claims out.tted because of family ties and they want to change that to a merit-based system. 67 admitted based on skills, 33% on family. education, age, english proficiency, all part of the equation and that point system and it is a crisis from her homeland security secretary. we had 1,000 apprehensions of the month of march and another hundred thousand in the month of april. that is the equivalent of the city of orlando, florida, showing up on our southern border in the course of two months. that creates a crisis. >> bret: that gives you perspective. let's bring in our panel. the chief congressional corresponded to the washed or examiner and jonathan swann, the national political reformer. ambitious plan laid out different points in reality on capitol hill. >> not much reality there in terms of whether it will pass but it's lying down a marker for republicans if they can get unified behind this type of deal it will give them a starting point with the democrats. you notice if you look for that, n

tonight attorney general bill barr just telling house judiciary democrats a few moments ago he will not come testify tomorrow. that comes as the senate judiciary chair lindsey graham declared he is done with all of this and will not let democrats either retry the criminal case against president trump or slander bill barr. graham using that word slander after democrat maysey hirono said barr had sacrificed reputation for becoming a defense attorney for a drifter and liar in the oval office. graham declared she was out of line and added later that robert mueller's probe is officially over and he is not going to call the special counsel as a witness. democrats in the house though may pursue contempt of charges against barr for not coming before them to testify. they are likely to call mueller to testify to be a witness and he could have a lot to say after we learned the special counsel sent barr a letter late march expressing concerns about the way he handled the initial release of the findings and that it did not capture the full context of his probe and had created, quote, public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. now, in his defe

we expect our first look at lindsey graham's asylum bill.arm on a, quote, extreme situation. >> it could have been prevented. it is unbelievable. rob: honoring national police week by honoring fallen heroes in blue. jillian: todd

lindsey graham has introduced a bill that would deny people the right to seek asylum at the u.s.-mexico border , forcing them instead to take their claims to u.u.s. consusuls in theirir home countries, evenf their lives are in danger. graham's bill would also increase the number of days that migrant children could be detained to 100 -- five times the current limit. your response? >> i think this is part of a larger vision of a larger agenda being applied at the border. not only do they not want more immigrants coming into the country, but they are strengthening the border to have more military, police officers, border patrol like never before. i think we have one of the most militarized areas. even in those conditions, they still want to reject asylum-seekers. at the end of the day, they're going against american history. let's remind yourselves that many people came from other countries because of the same conditions. europeans came to the u.s. because e they were fleeing violence. it seems what the trump administration is goining againt history -- amy: we're going to talk about

graham said that's it, we're moving on. bill forgive me, i don't have my microphone on, now we're learning in a new letter that lindsey graham has provided he's now offering robert mueller the chance to come and testify. he is not calling him to testify, he's offering mueller the chance to come sit before this committee and explain if he sees any discrepancy with his frustration and the work product as compared to what barr said. in response and testified in essence you told him in a phone call you did not challenge the accuracy of your reports principle conclusions but you wanted more particularly the summaries including obstructions of justice to be released promptly. attorney general barr said you believe media coverage of your investigation was unfair without the public release of those summaries. please inform the committee if you would like to provide testimony by the attorney general of the substance of that phone call. as i was saying earlier, you might not have been able to hear me without my microphone on, this might b

reporter: can i ask when you plan to move this bill through your committee? mr. graham: we're going to do something unheard of in the senate. we're going to go back to regular order. we're going to have a hearing so people can test this proposition. if they come up with a change that i think makes sense, i will change it. then we're going to have a markup. and the process of having a hearing and a markup, i hope democrats will say, all right, i'd like to change it this way, but i'd also like to you include this. daca, you name it. then we'll start talking with each other about a solution that will stop the flow from central america, that will allow us to get rid of the 900,000-person backlog, take the pressure of a our border security personnel, and also maybe fix some things beyond this problem. what i'm going to do is have a hearing, then we'll have markup. and i would encourage the white house who met yesterday with democrats, that was meeting with the white house personnel with some democratic senators, i'm somewhat optimistic. chief of staff mulvaney has been perso

senator graham's bill would also increase the number of days that migrant children could be detained to 100, five times the current limit. we'll have more on immigration later r in the broadcast. the guardian is reporting a top iranian general recently met with iraqi militias in baghdad and told them to "prepare for proxy war with the united states." it came as the pentagon reportedly drew up a plan to send as many as 120,000 troops to the mididdle east to presidit trump decides to take military actition against iran. this comeses as "the new york times" reports president trump has clashed with his cabinet and advisers in recent days over whether to attack iran. they cited an unnamed trump official who said trump poked fun at his national security advisor john bolton in a recent meeting with the words "if it was up to john, we would be in four wars now." in yemen, rescue workers pulled a bloodied young girl from the rubble of her home in sana'a thursday after an airstrike by the u.s.-backed, saudi-led coalition killed both her parents and all four of her siblings. the latest saudi-le

bill barr. lindsey graham is very well aware of how bob mueller will make these decisions. >> i see i shaking your that's not the point. the point is then with all these subpoenas, you can get those notes, the notes of the conversation, because of course rod rosenstein was involved in saying no to publishing those executive summaries that mueller said -- when mueller had that conversation with barr after the executive summary of, you know, whatever you want to call it, the four-page her or hover it will be summarized. it's been spun several different ways. he sent two letters followed up by the phone calls. the phone call was memorialized in writer. we want to see what those notes were about. this is about getting those notes. once you have those notes, then, you get the notes, you have those subpoenas in line, that's what you then take to the court to say, look this isn't -- procedure isn't being followed. if you want to convince the court that the contempt orders are necessary to bring people in and/or file impeachment orders, you need to like it up just like you what a case in fronts a judge. >

he mentioned senator graham's bill but it will take a whole lot more than that. >> dana and kaitlan and rose, thank you so much on that today. >>> also happening, the administration briefs the gang of eight on iran. this as those close to the president tell cnn president trump is irritated with top aides who are pushing this more hawkish approach. we'll talk live with the swiss president who serving as the go-between on the united states and iran on this. >>> and confirmation that two florida counties hacked by rush in the 2016 presidential election and what the fbi told lawmakers on what was compromised. >>> and the white house is releasing the president financial disclosures. find out how much trump made in 2018. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. hi, i'm joan lunden. when my mother began forgetting things, we didn't know where to turn for more information. that's why i recommend a free service called a place for mom. we have local senior living advisors who can answer your questions about dementia or memory care and, if necessary, help you find the right place for your mom or d

he didn't mention the graham bill. that would say, listen, you have to apply for asylum in your home country. you can stay in mexico while that is adjudicated. you can't remain here. if you're in detention here, you have to stay in custody until your claim is adjudicated. here's what the president had to say moments ago. >> americans can have complete and total confidence that under this plan the borders will finally be fully and totally secured. >> the president talked about the build america visa currently. we have this family-based system. majority of the top three sending countries are mexico, india and china. if this changes because obviously you have family members currently here and after five years, they can apply to have a spouse, a child, a parent come over after that period. i've seen figures and some studies say that for one legal worker can result up to 200 migrants related by blood. that's why the president calls it change migration and put in a point system that john articulated about youth, higher educa

that's theai graham bill that was introduced in your open you had the president talking about more comprehensive immigration aunlawfuling. >> brnan: in the immediates af almost hupped thousand a month. >> correct. >> brennan: what happens to these people now that you're not putting them in other detention facilities elsewhere in the country? processing. working with the secretary of defense to add additional facilities in the border area for single adults that will allow us to in crease our ability to hold people safely. building soft sided facilities for families, for their processing they have more space and more appropriate setting. >> brennan: that takes time. >> we're doing all these things simultaneously. in the two to three weeks out from doing those. in the moving to sectors like san diego. >> brennan: in that period you said, what are the standards going to be like in these facilities? i know you've raised concern about being able to provide for the welfare of -- >> i've been raising concerns about last june. we went to the border in march had a press conference and over 14,000 ebb cust

solution to this, now, graham insists he still is for a path to citizenship for these dreamers, he just says it cannot happen alone. he has taken a harder line on immigration like with this billuce, graham is also up for reelection, he's trying to keep, you know, a primary challenger out of the picture and so that could be part of it and the president -- graham has also aligned himself much closer to the president in recent years. >> i want to play sound so folks at home can understand if they don't understand exactly how far apart we are talking, first, i want to play something from tom, fox news contributor and beto o'rourke, presidential candidate. we will start with mr. homan. >> this is unprecedented. i have seen the numbers a couple of decades ago, as discussed many times, mexican nationals that were moved within an hour or two hours, this population isn't going home and that's the driver behind the whole thing. >> you don't come here to take someone's job or for the kicks or to feel benefits, you come here because there's no other option left. the way to meet this challenge is to go to the very countries in guatemala, el salvador and honduras where these families are f

proposing i'm not familiar with the ok well it is the bipartisan bill it has senator burr and senator warner it's support from senator graham was on the bill center harris's on the bill and the leads are center langford and myself and it had significant support in the house as well the g.r.u. the russian military intelligence agency target the u.s. state and local agencies along with private firms that are responsible for electronic polling and voter registration that year you access voter information and installed mall where on a voting technology companies network i understand the f.b.i. will brief us senator rick scott and florida governor decentest by russian hackers to gain access to florida election data when you commit to have the f.b.i. provide a briefing to all senators something that's. just on the florida situation and the entire russia situation should include in the florida situation ok that would be helpful again send a link for it and i are trying to get our bill passed and i think if everyone hears about this it may help also according to the report the ira purchased over thirty five hundred ads on facebook

senator graham has been one of the president's most vigorous defenders. we saw that this week when billous false and misleading statements about the russia investigation including this claim on obstruction of justice. >> as to obstruction of justice, mr. mueller left it to mr. barr to decide. he said, mr. barr, you decide. >> that's false. robert mueller said it should be handled by congress, not bill barr. he said there were zero instances of trump impeding mueller: that is false. we know the president did try to have him removed. and the senator contradicting himself when it comes to subpoenaing the president. listen to him speak about democrats versus his comments in the late 1990s during the clinton impeachment. >> our congressional subpoenas optional? >> no, no, you go into court and you fight it out. you just can't subpoena a person because you're a member of congress. you can't ask for a person's tax returns because you want them. you got to have a reason. >> richard nixon as president failed to comply with subpoenas of congress. the day richard nixon failed to answer to that sub

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. >> reporter: that's despite's graham's comments during bill clinton's impeachment saga. >> the day richard nixon failed to answer that subpoena is the day he was subject to impeachment because he took from the power from congress over the impeachment process away from congress and he became the judge skbr and jury. >> reporter: the president raised eyebrows when he praised victor orban, as he welcomed the prime minister to the oval office. >> people have a lot of respect for this prime minister. you look at some of the problems they have in europe that are tremendous, because they've done it a different way than the prime minister. >> reporter: it was another example of mr. trump embracing a foreign leader who has bashed immigrants and eroded democratic freedoms. >> respected all over europe, probably like me a little bit controversial, but that's okay. that's okay. you've done a good job. and you've kept your country safe. >> reporter: the president used the occasion to issue another warning to iran. >> i'm hearing little stories about iran. if they do anything, they will suffer g

bill barr will play along. he considered it spying for a minute until he decided it was surveillance. >> what's the over/under before lindsey grahamr bill barr bring up spying. >> opening statements. >> the other question is does the house judiciary committee try to get mueller before barr? i know he's scheduled to testify. where's mueller's head? he's obviously upset enough to write the memo. he knows he's got to testify >> the american people deserve to hear from him. whether or not he's reluctant it's time to speak publicly. >>> next hour, we'll speak with senator chris kuhns. he's on the judiciary committee and will be part of the questioning today. what specifically will he ask? >> there were violent clashes that have broken out on the streets of venezuela at 24 hours as the battle in that country intensifies. what juan guaido is urging people to do today. ♪ pardon the interruption but this is big! now at t-mobile buy any samsung galaxy s10 and get a galaxy s10e free! here'sshow me making it. like. oh! i got one. the best of amy poehler. amy, maybe we could use the voice remote to search for something that you're not in. show

we expect our first look at lindsey graham's asylum bill. rob: the head of the pentagon sounding the alarm on a, quote, extreme situation. >> it could have been prevented. it is unbelievable. rob: honoring national police week by honoring fallen heroes in blue. jillian: todd pyro has a message from fallen families officers, the country is more focused than ever. she wears usa on her jersey but this kneeling soccer star says she's done saluting the stars & stripes. rob: she is blaming donald trump. "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ party in the usa ♪ rob: not going to acknowledge this song but did you see the break in the clouds? jillian: looking at your face. rob: you see the end of the rain we've been having for four straight days. that first shot of the sky. can you tell i am ready to play golf? you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. jillian: thank you for starting the day with us. let's get to this. lindsey graham set to unveil brand-new immigration plan today targeting the overwhelming backlog of as

now lindsey graham defending bill barr. he said he doesn't even think they need to call bob mueller to testify. do you think bob mueller will insist upon it? >> well, lindsey who i've worked, with i think he is wrong in this case. clearly anybody who reads this report, for all that, the resources we put into it. at the very least, the author of the report who understands all the underlying documentation should come forward and answer the questions of the body that now has the obligation to held to president accountable and provide oversight. so it would be a serious mistake. history will not look kindly on it and i know the house of representatives will be calling mueller to testify, as i am calling for the judiciary committee to do as well. >>> i want to bring in nick, political reporter for the "new york times," and former u.s. attorney joyce vance who has been working overtime today. joyce, we have spent, you have spent hours in this chair. now that you have watched it. you've thought about it. you've observed, you've ab

barr said that you think is wrong, this is your chance to correct it. >> thank you. >> bill: lindsey graham making his position clear. he said democrats want to destroy donald trump and his family. why would jerry nadler want lawyers who are part of the committee staff to lead the questioning of bill barr today? >> i think he wants expert cross examination. i don't understand. look, everything now seems to be we devolve immediately into a constitutional crisis in order to actually get something accomplished. frankly the democrats should take half a loaf and allow bill barr to testify and fight whether or not they want to have follow-up from staff. they are not prepared to do that and stand on the principle of you won't dictate to us how we'll conduct a hearing. >> bill: so the observer would say does nadler think he is lying or not telling the full truth or trying to catch him in a lie? >> i think this is more about political theater, which is why the attorney general is resistant and you heard that at least the outlines of that from the judiciary committee chairman graham on the senate sid

graham saying he hasn't read the entire mueller report. the republican party, what are you hearing about their plans to play this thing? what's they're strategy moving forward as it relates to bill barr? >> clearly, senator graham is in lock step with the president. we haven't seen a lot of republicans break with the president or with what bill barr has said. that's one of the most interesting things. we're going to see here now is the question what happens with the house with speaker pelosi and how does she decide to move forward. is there going to be a move to go for contempt or impeachment. or is there going to be an effort by democrats to talk to the republicans and say we do need this attorney general to testify. this is a dangerous precedent because at one point you'll be in the minority and this would happen to you when the president is a democrat. >> much has been made over this chasm that exists in the party. si nancy pelosi, who has been careful in her comments, careful not to advance the talk of the impeachment. the gaps between her and folks like some on the left who have spent the better part of the last few days it's time to impeach. what's the latest on that rift

brand-new push to secure the bore decks hour bordm now we're expecting a first look at lindsey graham's asylum billng the alarm on the extreme situation down south. and america's sexiest accents just re -- revealed. >> i'm from long island. i'll take the railroad, l.i.r.r. >> you're embarrassing yourself. >> new york, long island, billy joel. cheryl: can you guess where that accent actually fell on the list? we're going to have that list coming up on "fbn: a.m.." ♪ don't believe me, just watch. ♪ don't believe me, just watch. ♪ don't believe me, just watch. lauren: senator lindsey graham is set to reveal his brand-new immigration plan today, targeting the backlog of asylum seekers, as administrative officials call the situation at the border extreme. cheryl: griff jenkins is live in washington with what we can expect today on this gripping issue. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what's coming is a big push on immigration reform. yesterday, jared kushner and steven miller took to capitol hill for a lunch people with gop senators, briefing them on the outlines of a plan that has been in the w

bill: getting closer. harris, thank you for that. we have not seen lindsey grahame see him come in, the chairman of the committee, we will follow. let's talk to shannon bream for a moment to be our legal counsel here. shannon, hypothetically, if i tell you to do something and you don't do it, if i tell you i'm going to do something and i don't do it, is there criminal intent and that thought where that statement? does that amount to gossip? >> that is the consideration that the attorney general said he had to make. whether you got to corrupt intent. these conversations about, "we should get rid of mueller because of a conflict of interest." he took that out to the final straw. he said, "listen, if what he is saying is i don't want the special counsel because he has a conflict of interest, that's not the same thing as saying you want him fired because you want the russian investigation to go away." he said today, "you can see the summit has a conflict of interest, leave that up to make an arrest designed to make the determination. with that leads to another special

bill. it has support from senator graham and the leads are senator langford and myself. it had significant support in the house, as well. the russian military intelligence agency targeted u.s. state and local agencies along with private firms that are responsible for electronic polling and voter registration. the g.r.u. accessed voter information and installed malware on a voting technology company's network. i understand there will be briefings on efforts by russian hackers to gain access to florida election data. will you commit to have the fbi provide a briefing to all senators on this? >> just on the florida situation? >> on the entire russia situation including the florida situation. >> sure. >> that will be helpful. we are trying to get our bill passed. i think if everyone hears about this it may help. also according to the report, the i.r.a. purchased over 3,500 ads on facebook to undermine our democracy as the chairman has pointed out contrary to what we heard from a high ranking official at the white house. this was not just a few facebook ads. i am pleased that

i'm pleased that chairman graham has agreed to be the leading republican on the bill i introduced last year with senator mccain, and will you help us to try at least to change our election laws so we can show where the money is coming from and who's paying for these ads so people have access to these ads? >> in concept, yes. >> very good. thank you. we need that support. now, let's go to something i noted in your -- in the opening you talked about how the two major concerns at your nomination hearing were about the report and about making the report public. there was a third concern and it was something i raised and that was your views on obstruction. i asked you if a president or any person convincing a witness to change testimony would be obstruction of justice. and you said yes. the report found that michael cohen's testimony to the house, they said cohen's family members had committed crimes. do you consider that evidence is an attempt to have a witness change its testimony? >> no. i don't think that that could pass muster. those public statements he was making, could pass muster -

another interesting exchange between bill barr and lindsey graham. >> did you have a problem the wayemail investigation? >> yes, i said so at the time. >> and barr's answer was interesting given he wrote an op-ed ahead of the 2016 election entitled james comey did the right thing. in it he wrote this the continuing refrain from hillary clinton's supporters and other observers that fbi director james comey's action was contrary to justice department policy is flatly wrong. i think last week comey had no choice but to issue the statement de. indeed, it would have violated policy had he not done so. a big show on "morning joe". 2020 presidential candidate kamala harris will be on morning shoe. she will discuss yesterday's morning testimony with william barr. also joining us is an attorney for the northern district of alabama. joyce, one of the most interesting things to me was, of course, the exchange between kamala harris -- she knows what she's doing when it comes to questioning the attorney general. they talked about the evidence and the fact that he didn't necessarily -- he admitted

steve: regarding lindsey graham's bill no clear path of getting through congress. the build america plan that the president is going to unveil today there is zero chance that it's going to get through. congress has not had a major immigration overhaul in 30 years. brian: lindsey graham is not talking about an emergency overhaul. he is talking about addressing a catastrophe at the border. steve: right. it's still not going to go anywhere. brian: why? ainsley: democrats. brian: let's see a democrat point out to one of these things that isn't effective. ainsley: they don't want a win for the president. steve: not one democrat on board. brian: compromise to get something done. ainsley: most americans do. brian: which means both would get credit. if you compromise you both get credit. it's not a win for the president. jeh johnson who is the former homeland security secretary for president obama says i cannot believe how oblivious congress is. listen. >> we had 100,000 apprehensions or encounters in the month of march and another 100,000 in the month of april. it's the h